Odd With (16 May 1921 – 19 July 2006) was a Norwegian

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for the Christian Democratic Party. He served as the County Governor of

Nordland Nordland (; smj, Nordlánnda, sma, Nordlaante, sme, Nordlánda, en, Northland) is a county in Norway in the Northern Norway region, the least populous of all 11 counties, bordering Troms og Finnmark in the north, Trøndelag in the south, N ...

county from 1983 until 1991 and he was a member of the

Parliament of Norway The Storting ( no, Stortinget ) (lit. the Great Thing) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years bas ...

from 1973 to 1985.

Personal life

He was born on 16 May 1921 in the (now-abandoned) village of

Kjelvik Kjelvik is an abandoned fishing village in Nordkapp Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is located on the island of Magerøya, about northeast of the town of Honningsvåg and about northeast of the village of Nordvågen. It si ...

Nordkapp Municipality ), North Cape, Norway, other uses, North Cape (disambiguation) Nordkapp ( en, North Cape; sme, Davvinjárga or ; fkv, Kappa or ) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of ...

Finnmark Finnmark (; se, Finnmárku ; fkv, Finmarku; fi, Ruija ; russian: Финнмарк) was a county in the northern part of Norway, and it is scheduled to become a county again in 2024. On 1 January 2020, Finnmark was merged with the neighbouri ...

county,

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. He was the son of bailiff Carl Henrik Arneberg With and wife Aagot (née Scherffenberg), both of whom died in the 1950s. He was the father of Christian Democratic politician Odd Anders With, and grandfather of 2006 Pop Idol victor

Aleksander Denstad With Aleksander Denstad With (born 30 June 1987 in Trondheim) is a Norwegian who won season 4 of the TV show ''Idol'' in May 2006, becoming the youngest person ever to win the competition. Aleksander released his first album, titled 'Coming Home', o ...

. He is the brother of

Thor With Thor Scherffenberg With was a Norwegian bishop and theologian in the Church of Norway. He was bishop of the Diocese of Bjørgvin from 1977 until 1987. Thor With was born on 14 January 1918 in the village of Honningsvåg in Nordkapp Municipality ...

, the former Bishop of the

Diocese of Bjørgvin The Diocese of Bjørgvin ( no, Bjørgvin bispedømme) is one of the 11 dioceses that make up the Church of Norway. It includes all of the churches located in the county of Vestland in Western Norway. The cathedral city is Bergen, Norway's second ...

Education and career

He began his career in 1939 as a teacher in Hamarøy Municipality in

county and later he taught in

Øksnes Municipality Øksnes is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the northwestern part of the large island of Langøya, which is a part of the traditional region of Vesterålen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village o ...

. In 1947 he graduated from the

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with the

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degree. Having worked as a secretary for the tax inspector while studying in

Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...

, he moved to

Troms Troms (; se, Romsa; fkv, Tromssa; fi, Tromssa) is a former county in northern Norway. On 1 January 2020 it was merged with the neighboring Finnmark county to create the new Troms og Finnmark county. This merger is expected to be reversed by t ...

county in 1948 to work in the county administration. In 1954, he was appointed chief administrative officer (''rådmann'') in

Nord-Rana Nord-Rana (historically: ''Mo herred'') is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1839 until its dissolution in 1964. From 1839 until 1844, it was named ''Nord-Ranen'', from 1844 until 1923, it was called ...

municipality. When Nord-Rana municipality ceased to exist in 1963, he became chief financial officer in its successor municipality,

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. He had this job to 1982. He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from

county during the terms 1961–1965 and 1969–1973. In 1973, he was elected to a regular seat, and he was re-elected in 1977 and 1981 to serve for two more terms. He was engaged in forming

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and

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. From 1974 to 1978 he was a member of the central party committee (''sentralstyre'') from 1969 to 1973 and of the national party board (''landsstyre'') from 1973 to 1985. From 1983 to 1991 he served as County Governor of Nordland. He then moved to

Bærum Bærum () is a municipality in the Greater Oslo Region in Norway that forms an affluent suburb of Oslo on the west coast of the city. Bærum is Norway's fifth largest municipality with a population of 128,760 (2021). It is part of the electoral ...

, and was a member of the board of the municipal party chapter from 1992 to 1994 and of the county party chapter from 1993 to 1995. As many politicians, he held board memberships in various organizations, particularly in the

Church of Norway The Church of Norway ( nb, Den norske kirke, nn, Den norske kyrkja, se, Norgga girku, sma, Nöörjen gærhkoe) is an evangelical Lutheran denomination of Protestant Christianity and by far the largest Christian church in Norway. The church b ...

where he was active. He was also active in the

Norwegian Missionary Society The Norwegian Missionary Society or the Norwegian Mission Society ( no, Det Norske Misjonsselskap, NMS) is the first and oldest missionary organization in Norway. It was started by a group of approximately 180 Stavanger residents in August 1842, ...

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, and

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organizations. He was a member of the board of the Christian newspaper '' Vårt Land'' from 1964 to 1984 and of the

MF Norwegian School of Theology MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society ( no, MF vitenskapelig høyskole for teologi, religion og samfunn), formerly the Free Faculty of Theology ( no, Det teologiske menighetsfakultet) and MF Norwegian School of Theology, is an accr ...

from 1969 to 1977.

References

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